Flying by Faith

As children of God we become like spiritual jet fighters.  We’ve been thrown into this cockpit, surrounded by switches, buttons, gauges, levers, and we’re loaded with weapons many of us don’t know about let alone how to use them

Imagine this, right after we are born again (we've chosen to believe in Jesus and we've accepted Him in  our heart) a scene opens up with us right in the middle of a fight. Now, this fight has been going on since Adam and Even ate fruit from a tree that God told them not to eat from in the garden of Eden. 
This fight is on, and we start thinking we don’t have time to read through a handbook or manual; we start living life our way, fighting this fight our way. ​
As children of God we become like spiritual jet fighters.  We’ve been thrown into this cockpit, surrounded by switches, buttons, gauges, levers, and we’re loaded with weapons many of us don’t know about let alone how to use them.  And we’re  promised great rewards if we can figure it out.  Oh and don’t forget the “how to manual” aka - the holy bible.  Every air craft has that one manual for operation, mechanics, and survival, right.  If it don't, you don't want to be on that flight, right, lol.
Over the loud speakers a voice reminds us that this is not a drill, we are not in a flight simulator.  This is God getting our attention. We can hear Him telling us, “Hey, the sun is going down on this thing; you can’t fly by sight, you’ll need to learn how to fly by faith to win this thing, to get my rewards ie to prosper in every area of  your life, to have that certain kind of peace only I (God) can give; it's the kind of peace that brings in a rest and your mind and your spirit doesn't have to work overtime to figure out how to get things done like getting your business or your ministry off the ground and running, restoring your marriages, restoring your broken family relationships, etc.” 
2 Corinthians 5: 7 says, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 
Listen, hard times happen. You can't let them bring you down. During hard times, what is happening is our faith is being tried.  It is looking for the word of God in your spirit as its foundation on which to stand. If you are facing a healing hardship, you need to feed your spirit on healing scriptures and not on how to prosper financially.  Save that for another time.
Can you wait for trials and tribulations to hit you before you start hearing the word? Not unless you like being thrown in a cockpit and don’t know what to do with what’s been given to you.  I like a good challenge but not like that. 
No, today is the day, don’t harden your hearts when things get tough. Take the word of God today and every day and don’t ever stop; you'll soon be flying by faith. Amen. The best part is there are no negative side effects, you can take it all day – every day and you don’t need a doctor to prescribe it. 
But, now watch this.  Hebrew 4: 1 – 7 NLT (New Living Translation) gives us a good picture of those who don't use faith, it's a good warning.

1. God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.
2. For this good news – that God has prepared this rest – has been announced to us just as it was to them.  But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God.
3. For only we who believe can enter his rest.  As for the others, God said, “In my anger I took an oath: They will never enter my place of rest.” even though this rest has been ready since he made the world.
4. We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.”
5. But in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.”
6. So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.
7. So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.” 

We are not fighting flesh and blood here; we are fighting an enemy you can’t see with natural eyes. We are fighting “the good fight of faith” and the enemy is doing everything in his power to stop you.
Hebrews 11: 6 says that we can’t please God without faith.  So how do we get this faith, to please God and overcome our trials? How do we get that faith that reveals our victory?
Romans 10: 17 says,  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  (KJV)
Whatever you need in life, you have to find it in the word, find a scripture that supports why you have a right to it. Study it, think about it often, talk to God about it. It will eventually explode in your spirit, it will become something that is alive inside of you - that's your faith to fight for what you need. Now all of a sudden you know a little something about pulling that lever, and pushing that button. You are flying by faith now.  Keep going, you will win this fight, you can have what you need if it's in the word of God.
I was a bit difficult to put this one together to where it makes sense. I hope you enjoyed this post and most of all that it helps you to not be afraid of your cockpit. Go ahead, climb on up in there. With God as your pilot, your next destination: VICTORY! AMEN!
See you next week,
​La Donna
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